英文摘要 |
This study examined the influence of normative multiculturalism on the cultural identity and life satisfaction of Filipino immigrants in Macau. According to Ward and her colleagues, the three dimensions of normative multiculturalism, namely multicultural ideology (MI), multicultural policies and practices (MPP) and multicultural contact (MC), directly and indirectly affect immigrants’subjective well-being. This study tested a normative multiculturalism–cultural identity–life satisfaction model. The participants were 233 Macau Filipino adult immigrants (58.8% female; mean age = 28.24 [SD = 11.10]; mean length of residence = 13.08 [SD = 5.99]). The path analysis model showed that MPP had a direct positive effect on life satisfaction and an indirect effect on life satisfaction via Filipino identity and that MI had an indirect positive effect on life satisfaction via Filipino identity only. MC was positively related only to Macau identity. The results suggest that the dimensions of normative multiculturalism have different effects on immigrants’cultural–psychological outcomes and that ethnocultural identity plays a mediating role in the associations between the three dimensions of normative multiculturalism and life satisfaction. The paper discusses the implications of these findings and suggests future research directions. |